1998

Prepared in Collaboration With:

Geological Survey of Canada
Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Committee on Geology
Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys
Exxon Production Research Company
Michigan State University
University of Alaska

Online Version - Data

Note that the documentation refers to the files as layed-out on the CD-ROM;
in this online version, the "circum" top-level directory has been
replaced with the "data" directory. The application software
Mosaic is not provided. To use the application software Surview and the jagplay.exe autoplay application, you would need to download it and associated data files to your hard disk and run it from there.

In addition, the online ASCII Postscipt and ARC/INFO Export files have
been compressed with gzip

ASSOCIATED STUDIES

The report is part of a project on the major mineral
deposits, metallogenesis, and tectonics of the Russian Far
East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera. The project is to
provide critical information for collaborators and customers
on bedrock geology and geophysics, tectonics, major
metalliferous mineral resources, metallogenic patterns, and
crustal origin and evolution of mineralizing systems for the
Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera.

The major scientific goals and benefits of the project are
to:1 provide a comprehensive international data base on
the mineral resources of the region that is the first,
extensive knowledge available in English;2 provide major
new interpretations of the origin and crustal evolution of
mineralizing systems and their host rocks, thereby enabling
enhanced, broad-scale tectonic reconstructions and
interpretations; and3 promote trade and scientific and
technical exchanges between the North America and Eastern
Asia. Data from the project are providing sound scientific
data and interpretations for commercial firms, governmental
agencies, universities, and individuals that are developing
new ventures and studies in the project area, and for land-
use planning studies that deal with both mineral potential
issues. The Russian Far East part of the project (as well as
Alaska and the Canadian Cordillera) has vast potential for
known and undiscovered mineral deposits; however, little
information existed in English in the West until publication
of products from this project. Consequently, data and
interpretations from the project are providing basic
knowledge for major scientific, commercial, national, and
international endeavors by other interested individuals and
groups.

The major collaborating agencies for the project are the
Russian Academy of Sciences, ROSKOMNEDRA, the Alaska Division
of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, the Geological Survey
of Canada, the U.S. Geological Survey, Stanford University,
the University of Alaska, Michigan State University, Exxon
Production Research, and the Geological Survey of Japan.
Other Western collaborators are Stanford University, the
Northwest Mining Association, the Alaska Miners Association,
and the Society of Economic Geologists. Customers include
scientists and managers in major governmental agencies,
universities, private environmental, resource, and
information companies, news media, and professional
organizations in North America, Eastern Asia, and the
Russian Far East. A major international customer is the
Commerce Working Group of the Gore- Chernomydrin Commission
(GCC) chaired by Vice-President Gore (USA) and Premier
Chernomydrin (Russia).

Published major companion studies for the project are:1 a
report on the metallogenesis of mainland Alaska and the
Russian Northeast (Nokleberg and others, 1993);2 a
tectono-stratigraphic terrane map of the Circum-North
Pacific at 5.0 million scale with a detailed explanation of
map units and stratigraphic columns (Nokleberg and others,
1994);3 a summary terrane map of the Circum-North Pacific
at 10 million scale (Nokleberg and others, 1997a,b);4
detailed tables of mineral deposits and placer districts for
the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera in
paper format (Nokleberg and others, 1996) and in CD-ROM
format (Nokleberg and others, 1997c); and a forcoming GIS
compilation of geologic and geophysical data for the Circum-
North Pacific. A pamphlet describing the project and result
publications is available on the Internet at
http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/wr/projects/majdeps.html